New Year Chinese Zodiac

12 and lasting to 2022 lunar new year s eve on jan.

New year chinese zodiac. Saturday january 25 2020 was lunar new year and the start of the year of the rat in the chinese zodiac. Zodiac signs play an integral part in chinese culture and can be used to determine your fortune for the year marriage compatability career fit best times to have a baby and so much more. In the following table the years starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly.

With a twelve year circle in the chinese calendar the main trait of the chinese new year is that it names each of those twelve years after an animal. What is chinese zodiac. Chinese new year brings along with it fun joy and merriment along with it.

You probably know there are 12 chinese zodiac animals used to represent years 2021 is the year of the ox. 猪 zhū 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019 2031. The chinese zodiac known as sheng xiao or shu xiang features 12 animal signs in this order.

Add it to your collection of short bedtime stories for kids. The chinese zodiac follows a twelve year cycle each of the years being named after an animal. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig.

This is a year of metal ox starting from the 2021 chinese new year on feb. 狗 gǒu 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 2018 2030. The rat is one of 12 animals in the chinese zodiac shēngxiào or 生肖 which is based on a 12 year cycle.

The chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year. In chinese culture your zodiac year is seen as a challenge you have to conquer. Many people believe that your zodiac year 本命年 ben ming nian is lucky.